All posts tagged "2018 Worlds"
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144Figure Skating NewsTarasova and Morozov aim for top with new coach Maxim Trankov
Figure Skating News In a country where pairs figure skating is a very prestigious discipline, Russia’s Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov are...
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179Figure Skating News
Stepanova and Bukin: “It’s a four-year game”
The 2018 Olympic season was a roller coaster for Russian ice dancers Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin. The Muscovites started well into...
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123Figure Skating News
New experiences ahead for Russia’s Mikhail Kolyada
Figure Skating News Russia’s Mikhail Kolyada has been on the rise and has established himself as a top skater in the past...
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153Figure Skating News
Papadakis and Cizeron win third world title
2018 World Figure Skating Championships: Free Dance Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France won their third title with record-breaking scores at...
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103Figure Skating News
Chen takes World title with 47 points to spare
2018 World Figure Skating Championships: Men’s Free Skate USA’s Nathan Chen maintained his lead, winning his first world title with over 47...
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95Figure Skating News
Canada’s Osmond cinches gold at Worlds
2018 World Figure Skating Championships: Ladies Free Skate In what was a surprising turn of events in the Ladies Free Skate, Kaetlyn...
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135Figure Skating News
Papadakis and Cizeron break short dance record
2018 World Figure Skating Championships: Short Dance Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France established a new record score in the Short...
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151Figure Skating News
Savchenko and Massot take first World title
2018 World Figure Skating Championships: Pairs Free Skate Germany’s Aljona Savchenko and Bruno Massot maintained their overnight lead to win their first...
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188Figure Skating News
Chen skates to lead at Worlds
2018 World Figure Skating Championships: Men’s Short Program USA’s Nathan Chen took the lead after the Men’s Short Program at the 2018...
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102Figure Skating News
Savchenko and Massot take lead in Milan
2018 World Figure Skating Championships: Pairs Short Program Newly-crowned Olympic Champions Aljona Savchenko and Bruno Massot of Germany took the lead after...
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128Figure Skating News
Kostner leads ladies on home ice at Worlds
2018 World Figure Skating Championships: Ladies Short Program Carolina Kostner of Italy took a surprising lead on home ice in the Ladies’...
Did you Know?
The backward outside death spiral was invented in 1928 by Germany’s Charlotte Oelschlägel (August 14, 1898 – November 14, 1984) and Curt Neumann (although it was first performed with the skaters holding both hands and the woman not fully lowered toward the ice). They performed the first one-arm death spiral in Budapest in 1928.
Canadian pair Suzanne Morrow and Wallace Diestelmeyer are credited with being the first pair to perform the element in competition at the 1948 Olympics.
Ludmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov (USSR) are credited for creating three versions of the death spiral: Cosmic spiral (backward inside), Life spiral (forward inside), and Love spiral (forward outside).
Who does your favorite death spiral? Discuss here!